I have an 8th grader and he had a month long unit on slavery and the Civil War last year and I can assure you it was about learning to farm. In 5th grade he had to choose a Civil Rights era person to do a short report on. He chose Jackie Robinson.

I'm always amused by these "the sky is falling" takes on education from people who don't have kids in school.

Teddy Roosevelt was a republican president who helped to end the brutal beatings and murder of labor being committed by private security and U.S. military. More than a hundred years later republicans are now anti-labor who support and justify private security and the military breaking the back of labor.

Absolutely bogus charge. Labor unions are not generalizable to all employment.

Labor is what made America great

No it isn't.

The labor revolt will also have to include a civil war against all the anti-labor, white christian males

That is schizophrenic.

who want to destroy America so bad that they elected Trump.

Trump won more union households than any Republican presidential candidate since Reagan in '84, which was an historic landslide.

Another thing to look at that does make it hard for history teachers and schools as a whole is the passage of time. The school year isn't any longer than it was in the 1950's, but there are almost seven more decades of history to teach now. With each new decade, as historical events get added to the curriculum, something has to be dropped out or breezed over more quickly. Choosing what gets the attention is not an easy task.

Another thing to look at that does make it hard for history teachers and schools as a whole is the passage of time. The school year isn't any longer than it was in the 1950's, but there are almost seven more decades of history to teach now. With each new decade, as historical events get added to the curriculum, something has to be dropped out or breezed over more quickly. Choosing what gets the attention is not an easy task.